GARDEN SEEDS / SEED STARTING

SQUASH WINTER DELICATE ORG

Cucurbita pepo Item #3006 45 days. This award-winning squash is still a favorite and for good reason! Thick, firm, fine-grained delicious squash is ready to harvest in just 45 days! Versatile summer squash can be eaten raw, pickled, or cooked in innumerable ways including in sweet breads. Best picked at 4"-7", or smaller for chic, "baby" squash. If left on the vine, squash may grow so big that it would take two people to carry it! This packet sows 6 mounds.

Spinacia oleracea Item #3007 28-45 days. Be strong to the finish and eat your spinach! If you haven't grown spinach before, the freshness and quality of homegrown will win you over. Bloomsdale is an old, dependable, open pollinated variety. Very nutritious - lots of vitamins A & C, and iron. A good container veggie. This packet sows four 9-foot rows.

RADISH DAIKON WHITE ORG

RADICCHIO PALLA ROSSA ORG

QUINOA BRIGHTEST RAINBOW ORG

Cucurbita pepo Item #3128 100 days. Sugar Pie is the standard for making terrific pies, soups, muffins, and casseroles. Small 6" fruits are also good for carving table decor-size jack o'lanterns. Stores for months. Delicious pumpkin cheesecake recipe inside packet. This packet sows 6 mounds.

Capsicum annuum Item #3032 75 days from transplanting. An old-time favorite for good reason! California Wonder's large, uniform shape makes it ideal for stuffing. Enjoy crisp, sweet pepper slices in salads and veggie trays. Delicious grilled, they are perfect for shish kabobs. Peppers left on the plant will turn a beautiful, bright red, and have more vitamin C than an orange! Good container variety, and dependable performer even in short season climates. This packet yields approximately 30 plants when started indoors.

PEPPER SWEET CAL SUN ORANGE ORG

PEPPER CHILE JALAPENO EARLY ORG

Pisum sativum Item #3072 60 days. Oregon Sugar Pod II produces a huge number of 4" delicious pods that are harvested and eaten when the pods are flat, before the seed forms. This is one of those vegetables that tastes much better homegrown than from a store. Short, 28" vines, easy to manage. Resists mildew, pea virus, and common wilt. Excellent freezer variety. Grow on a trellis. This packet sows three 7-foot rows.

Pisum sativum Item #3089 70 days. Snap peas are best eaten fresh and there's nothing like picking them right off the vine. The French call edible podded peas "mange tout" meaning "eat all." Sugar Snap provides an extended harvest of thick, crunchy 3" pods filled with flavorful peas. Vines tolerate some heat. Grow climbing 6'-8' vines on poles or a trellis. This packet sows one 7-foot row.

Pisum sativum Item #3010 58 days. Remember when you were a kid how fun it was to pop open a pod and eat the peas? Relive the memories and enjoy the wonderful taste of Progress #9. Each 5" pod has 7-9 plump peas. A heavy producer, also called Laxton's Progress #9. (Thomas Laxton was a renowned 19th Century strawberry breeder.) This packet sows one 10-foot row.

Brassica rapa nipposinica Item #3047 30-50 days. A graceful plant in flower beds and also a tender, mildly spicy mustard green that is ready to harvest in as little as 3 weeks. Withstands heat longer than lettuce without bolting. Beautiful and prolific branching plant will germinate under cold and wet spring conditions. Use fresh in salads, steam, or stir-fry. Does not have the pungency of common or Chinese mustards. This packet sows three 10-foot rows.

MELON MINNESOTA MIDGET ORG

MELON HEARTS OF GOLD ORG

LETTUCE ROMAINE ROUGE D'HIVR ORG

Lactuca sativa Item #3102 68 days. Also called Sucrine or Sugar Cos, Little Gem is an English heirloom that is a very small variety of romaine, but has the succulent sweetness of a butterhead. The glossy-leafed heads are a petite 6" tall and 4" wide -- a perfect size for an individual dinner salad. The tender blanched heart is ideal for any recipe that calls for "hearts of romaine". This packet sows six 10-foot rows.

Lactuca sativa Item #3125 21-58 days. Grow your own mesclun to create beautiful salads just like those at your favorite restaurant! This exciting mix of butterhead, leaf and romaine lettuce will jazz up any meal. All varieties in our gourmet mix remain wonderfully tasty, even picked at full size. Contains equal parts: Buttercrunch, Black Seeded Simpson, Green Salad Bowl, Lolla Rossa, Red oak Leaf, Rouge d'Hiver. This packet sows four 7-foot rows.

Lactuca sativa, Brassica rapa, Eruca sativa Item #3024 21-45 days. The owner of Q's restaurant, Chef John Platt, cooks some of the best food in Boulder, Colorado. That is why we trusted him to choose this special medley. 25% each of Lolla Rossa and Oak Leaf lettuce; 10% each of Black Seeded Simpson and Summer Bibb lettuces, arugula, mizuna, and Tatsoi bok choy. A good conatiner mix. This packet sows two or four 7-foot rows depending on spacing.

Lactuca sativa Item #3023 50 days. Fill your bowl with the mixed colors of Salad Bowl! This blend has it all: delicious, pretty, sweet leaves in a heat-tolerant variety. The greens and reds look beautiful in salads and sandwiches. Harvest young for terrific baby greens. Successive sowings will produce sweet lettuce spring through late fall! An All-America Selections winner. This packet sows fifteen 10-foot rows.

Lactuca sativa Item #3103 45 days. A favorite to use as baby greens, Red Sails is ready to harvest after just 2 or 3 weeks and grows to a full head in just over 6 weeks. It is very heat tolerant; the soft buttery leaves will grow for quite some time in warm weather without getting bitter. The light green leaves with red-bronze tips make it an attractive patio container variety. This packet sows five 10-foot rows.

Lactuca sativaItem #3058 55 days. If you are looking for a lettuce that is both tasty and attractive, this heirloom is the one. The tender, sweet leaves are green at the base, turning to a beautiful cranberry-red, forming a crinkly rosette that looks almost like a flower! Won't turn bitter when heat arrives. Rosettes are 8" - 12" in diameter, good for large containers. This packet sows nine 10 foot rows.

Allium ampeloprasum Item #3057 100 days. Gaining popularity with gourmets and cooks in the U.S., this onion relative has compact stems that thicken but do not form bulbs like onions. King Richard produces extra long white stems. Superb eaten fresh, grilled, sauteed, and added to soups and stews. Leeks are cold tolerant and can be left in the garden into fall for an extended harvest. This packet sows two 6-foot rows.

Brassica oleracea (Acephala group) Item #3013 50 days. Most kale gets sweeter as the first frost hits. Red Winter is sweet all the time making it excellent for mesclun, garnishes and sauteeing. The red veins, wavy margins, and foliage that resembles oak leaves make Red Winter as attractive as it is delicious. Harvest baby greens in just 25 days. This packet sows five 10-foot rows.

KALE ITALIAN NERO TOSCANA ORG

Brassica oleracea (Acephala group) Item #3136 55 days. Dwarf Blue Curled kale is extremely hardy and will overwinter in all but the coldest climates. Like most greens, grows best in cool weather but will also withstand some heat. Leaves are rich in vitamins and minerals, and low in calories. The flavor of the leaves is actually improved by frost! You will really enjoy kale, particularly in winter soups! This packet sows four 10-foot rows.